Cucumber

The representative of the pumpkin cucumber family has a rather long history. It began to grow another 6000 years ago. Homeland of this vegetable, which is scientifically a fruit, is considered to be India. But, despite this, the area of ​​cultivation and exploitation of this product is quite extensive. Even in ancient times, people from Africa, Greece, the Roman Empire indulged themselves with this vegetable, whose name came from the ancient Greek "aguros", which means "unripe and unripe."

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Every year, farmers and gardeners complain of cucumber pests, which both reduce the safety of the crop and destroy it altogether. Most often, the parasite manages to inflict enough damage before it is noticed and will begin to corrode. It is necessary to react in a timely manner to various insects, bugs and larvae, which imperceptibly for you can significantly spoil the crop or infect a plant with diseases.

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Common cucumber - an annual herb belonging to the Pumpkin family. Appeared in culture 6,000 years ago, India is considered its birthplace. In modern vegetable farming, there are several ways to grow cucumbers: on the tapestries, in barrels, under film, in bags and bags, and using hydroponics, which is now very common.

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Many varieties of cucumbers have been developed, which differ in terms of maturity, shape, size, color, yield, resistance to pests and diseases. In the suburban areas and vegetable gardens mainly grown cucumbers oval, cylindrical. However, few know that there are exotic varieties of cucumbers, the fruits of which can be both round and ovate.

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Undoubtedly, aphid is considered one of the most harmful and common pests. Many of its species can be found in the open garden and garden plots. Especially aphids like planting cucumbers and melons. Often there is aphid on cucumbers in the greenhouse, despite the measures of protection. In order to get rid of insects, you need to know how to destroy aphids without harm to plants.

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Cultivation of cucumbers involves the provision of vegetable culture of heat, light and moisture. But how annoying it is when there is no harvest at all. There are many flowers on the weeds, but they turn out to be empty. And it happens because of poor-quality seed material and errors in agricultural technology. Let's try to figure out what to do if there are a lot of empty flowers on cucumbers, and we will analyze in more detail the reasons for their appearance.

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We are all accustomed to such a simple and affordable vegetable as a cucumber. Cucumbers are the constant guest on our table all year round: fresh in the summer, in the winter in the form of pickles. And rarely meet such a gardener, who in the garden will not find this vegetable. It would seem, what could be easier cucumber? But they are also different: in form, size, color, finally, to taste.

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Cucumbers have become one of the main vegetables included in the daily diet of our fellow citizens. Along with potatoes and tomatoes, they are grown in almost every vegetable garden. The article will discuss Finger, a description of cucumbers of this variety, features of plant care and planting. Variety description This variety was bred by Russian breeder Shefatov V.

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